The Disaster of Gleno's Dam

AIRVŪZ STAFF NOTE : Former Drone Video of the Week Winner Enrico Pescantini brings us this excellent drone video of the site of a tragic dam collapse in northern Italy. The Gleno Dam was built between 1916-23 on the Gleno Creek in the province of Bergamo, which is part of the region of Lombardy. Less than six weeks after its reservoir was filled, a section of the buttress dam collapsed, sending over a billion gallons (4.5 million cubic meters) of water into the valley below. Over 350 people were killed in the disaster.

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The Gleno Dam was a multiple arch buttress dam on the Gleno Creek in the Valle di Scalve, northern Province of Bergamo, Italy. The dam was built between 1916 and 1923 with the purpose of producing hydroelectric power. The middle section of the dam collapsed on 1 December 1923, forty days after the reservoir was filled, causing widespread flooding that killed at least 356 people.